“…Thus, the metal surface area decreases and the catalytic activity is reduced. Moreover, it has been observed that this phase transformation of γ-Al 2 O 3 into α-Al 2 O 3 is accelerated by the active phase such as Pt (Burtin et al, 1987), and oxides of metals such as Mn, Fe, Ni, Mo, Co, V and Cu (Peiyan et al, 1995;Ozawa et al, 1996a), which due to their higher concentrations have a stronger effect than noble metals. Ferrandon made a review (Ferrandon, 2001) of the ions (Zr, Ti, La, Ce, Ba, Sr, Si, Sn, Mg, Ca), which doping into the alumina stabilize it and claimed that by addition of a stabiliser the sintering effects can be inhibited.…”